Photo of the Day

Picture of a boy drinking from a freshwater pool in a forest in Indonesia
April 10, 2021

Fresh Water

On Tidore Island, Indonesia, a boy drinks from a freshwater pool. This picture appeared in a June 1976 story that retraced explorer Ferdinand Magellan's voyage around the globe.
Photograph by Bruce Dale, Nat Geo Image Collection

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